Legal Opinion
City of Harrison v. Boone County
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided May 11, 1964No. 5-3260PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGeorge Bose Smith, J.
This is a suit by Boone county to enforce a contract by which it leased certain county property to the city of Harrison. The city defended the case upon the ground that the contract was invalid in its inception and imposed no binding obligation upon the city. The chancellor upheld the contract and accordingly awarded the county a judgment for past-due rentals. We think the court was right.
In 1949 the county owned a rectangular block of land within the city, the tract being occupied by the courthouse. The outer ten feet along all four sides of the block was separated from the rest of the tract…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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